Üç Serefeli Cami at Edirne (1438-47): Built by Murat II, it is a turning point in Ottoman architecture: a hypostyle mosque with a large, domed maqsura that dominates both the interior space and exterior profile of the mosque.

 

General view of the mosque with its four minarets. The second from the left is the one that gave the mosque its name, Üç Serefeli (Three Galleries)     Detail of the base of the northwestern minaret with its spiral stone pattern called Burmali.

 

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